Machine Automation

Advantech Machine Automation offers application ready platform for various automation control solutions such as motion contro, embedded systems and others industrial automation applications. The Motion Controller could be widely applied in the SMT/PCB, semiconductor, LCD manufacturing industries, and other machine automation applications. For centralized motion control solutions, Advantech's multi- axis motion control card, PC-based controller and embedded system controller can be installed. For distributed control solutions, a complete line of Advantech Motion Network (AMONet) and the time-saving DIN-rail terminal boards are the best choices for wiring work.

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Advantech machine vision is a fully integrated vision system in this all in one “smart” camera format platform. Machine vision systems are able to be configured and monitored remotely using an Ethernet connection to a PC or factory network. Small and rugged devices can be easily integrated into existing production lines, machinery, or moving equipment. Advantech machine vision with built-in opto-isolated I/O allows direct wiring to associated control devices. A 10/100 BaseTBase-T Ethernet port provides setup and monitoring access, runtime control, and standard communication protocols and passive Power over Ethernet (PoE) supports single cable interface. An integrated lamp connector provides power and strobe control to external LED light sources and the machine vision IDR allows manufacturers to combine 1D and 2D tracking with other inspection tasks, such as character reading (OCR) and feature verification.

Advantech VPS-3100 is a rugged and compact embedded vision system equipped with Intel® N3160 4 cores Braswell processor. The GoE feature significantly off-loads the GigE Vision protocols into dedicated co-processor which reconstructing the image. Two independent Gigabit Ethernet ports for multiple GigE Vision device connections with data transfer rates up to 2.0 Gb/s offer greatly enhanced computing power and connectivity with minimal footprint. Besides, thoughtful design ––Volume less than 0.9 Liter ––Isolated Digital I/O.
The VPS-3100 supports PoE (power over Ethernet), combining power and signal supply into a single cable, enabling synchronization with multi cameras acquisition. With the VPS-3100 significant cable reduction, system installation is simplified and T.C.O is notably lowered. Powerful and flexible DI/O, and compact size, the VPS-3100 is the perfect vision system for machine vision.

The Advantech Quartz industrial camera series have between 0.3-15.0 mega pixel CCDs and include ultra-fast speeds and a high level of technology in a very small form factor.
With the Quartz series, you can choose to use many of the most popular data interfaces in the machine vision market: the popular Gigabit Ethernet interface comes with a 100 meter
cable length, and PoE (Power over Ethernet) to provide camera power and data via a single cable, and also offer separate input/output ports for triggering or flash control.

Centralized motion control solutions include 4-axis, 6-axis, 8-axis motion control cards andembedded motion controller, utilizing a high-performance DSP to calculate the motion trajectories and FPGA to process critical motionI/O. The kernel on DSP is the one of SoftMotion built by Advantech. All motion cards support common motion API for easy integration or machine upgrade. Motion functions of the cards vary from basic point-to-point motion control, economic linear/circular interpolation to application-specific functions. The PCI-1240U/PCI-1220U and PCI-1243U are motion control cards that are ASIC based. The PEC-3240 is an embedded motion controller; programmers can speed up their system development with this Application ready embedded motion controller. Windows 32 bits/64 bits, .Net components are supported.

Centralized motion control solutions include 4-axis, 6-axis, 8-axis motion control cards andembedded motion controller, utilizing a high-performance DSP to calculate the motion trajectories and FPGA to process critical motionI/O. The kernel on DSP is the one of SoftMotion built by Advantech. All motion cards support common motion API for easy integration or machine upgrade. Motion functions of the cards vary from basic point-to-point motion control, economic linear/circular interpolation to application-specific functions. The PCI-1240U/PCI-1220U and PCI-1243U are motion control cards that are ASIC based. The PEC-3240 is an embedded motion controller; programmers can speed up their system development with this Application ready embedded motion controller. Windows 32 bits/64 bits, .Net components are supported.

A DIN-rail terminal board is a wiring board with dedicated connectors for the motors of Panasonic Minas A series, Mitsubishi MR-J2S series and Yaskawa Sigma 2 series. This terminal board can save time and effort of wiring. Each ADAM-3900 series wiring board features DIN-rail mounting terminals and consists of universal screw terminal modules designed for field signal wiring in industrial applications. Besides, DIN-rail terminal board can be connected to the analog and digital ports of Advantech products such as the PCL series.

Advantech machine vision is a fully integrated vision system in a compact “smart” camera format. Machine vision systems are able to be configured and monitored remotely using an Ethernet port connection to a PC or factory network. Small and rugged devices can be easily integrated into existing production lines, machinery, or moving equipment. Advantech machine vision with built-in opto-isolated I/O allows direct wiring to associated control devices. A 10/100 BaseTBase-T Ethernet port provides setup and monitoring access, runtime control, and standard communication protocols and passive Power over Ethernet (PoE) supports single cable interface. An integrated lamp connector provides power and strobe control to external LED light sources and the machine vision IDR allows manufacturers to combine 1D and 2D tracking with other inspection tasks, such as character reading (OCR) and feature verification.

The PCIE-1172/1174 series is a PCI Express® dual/quad channel frame grabber for two/four independent GigE Vision cameras. They feature GoE(GigE Vision Offload Engine), PoE(Power over Ethernet) and ToE(Trigger over Ethernet) for high performance, robust and reliable machine vision applications. Unlike conventional NICs (network interface controller) GigE Vision protocol is implemented in software and executed on the host CPU, the processor must spend more resource to handle the network traffic and incoming frames rather than the machine vision algorithms, especially in high bandwidth, multiple camera applications. The GoE feature significantly off-loads the GigE Vision protocols into dedicated FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array), reconstruct the image then transmit to the Host PC via DMA(Direct Memory Access) in real time, release the host processor resource to execute algorithm and applications and there is no frame or packet loss during the image acquisition. The comprehensive ToE/PoE features can lower the installation/maintenance effort through the single cable connection, and reduce image acquisition latency, with the Ad hoc network feature, the connection between GigE Vision cameras and frame grabber are self-configuring, the user define IP address is no longer necessary, and significantly reduces the installation and maintenance cost and effort.

The PCIE-1172/1174 series is a PCI Express® dual/quad channel frame grabber for two/four independent GigE Vision cameras. They feature GoE(GigE Vision Offload Engine), PoE(Power over Ethernet) and ToE(Trigger over Ethernet) for high performance, robust and reliable machine vision applications. Unlike conventional NICs (network interface controller) GigE Vision protocol is implemented in software and executed on the host CPU, the processor must spend more resource to handle the network traffic and incoming frames rather than the machine vision algorithms, especially in high bandwidth, multiple camera applications. The GoE feature significantly off-loads the GigE Vision protocols into dedicated FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array), reconstruct the image then transmit to the Host PC via DMA(Direct Memory Access) in real time, release the host processor resource to execute algorithm and applications and there is no frame or packet loss during the image acquisition. The comprehensive ToE/PoE features can lower the installation/maintenance effort through the single cable connection, and reduce image acquisition latency, with the Ad hoc network feature, the connection between GigE Vision cameras and
frame grabber are self-configuring, the user define IP address is no longer necessary, and significantly reduces the installation and maintenance cost and effort.

The PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E PoE (Power over Ethernet) PCIE series is PCI express communication card which supports 2 or 4 independent 10/100/1000BaseT(X) 802.3af (PoE) compliant Ethernet ports. With 12 VDC AT/ATX power input, the PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E can boost then provides up to 15.4 watts at 48 VDC power to maximum 2 or 4 x PoE ports on each module. It allows power to be supplied to connected devices, such as PoE-based GigE cameras in machine vision inspection systems, without the need to use separate PoE injectors for those applications. The PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E is ideally designed for scientific research instrumentations, Medical Research Instrumentations, Gigabit Ethernet surveillance IP cameras in intelligent transportation systems, which can also benefit from a scalable Gigabit backbone construction with Power-over-Ethernet support.

The PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V (Power over Ethernet) PCIE series is PCI express Network Interface Card which supports 2 or 4 independent 10/100/1000BaseT(X) 802.3at (PoE ) compliant Ethernet ports. With 12 VDC AT/ATX power input, the PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V can boost then provides up to 25.4 watts at 48 VDC power to maximum 2 or 4 x PoE ports on each module. It allows power to be supplied to connected devices, such as PoE-based GigE cameras in machine vision inspection systems, without the need to use separate PoE injectors for those applications. The PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V is ideally designed for scientific research instrumentations, Medical Research Instrumentations, Machine Vision System, which can also benefit from a scalable Gigabit backbone construction with Power-over-Ethernet support.

The PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E PoE (Power over Ethernet) PCIE series is PCI express communication card which supports 2 or 4 independent 10/100/1000BaseT(X) 802.3af (PoE) compliant Ethernet ports. With 12 VDC AT/ATX power input, the PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E can boost then provides up to 15.4 watts at 48 VDC power to maximum 2 or 4 x PoE ports on each module. It allows power to be supplied to connected devices, such as PoE-based GigE cameras in machine vision inspection systems, without the need to use separate PoE injectors for those applications. The PCIE-1672E/PCIE-1674E is ideally designed for scientific research instrumentations, Medical Research Instrumentations, Gigabit Ethernet
surveillance IP cameras in intelligent transportation systems, which can also benefit from a scalable Gigabit backbone construction with Power-over-Ethernet support.

The PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V (Power over Ethernet) PCIE series is PCI express Network Interface Card which supports 2 or 4 independent 10/100/1000BaseT(X) 802.3at (PoE ) compliant Ethernet ports. With 12 VDC AT/ATX power input, the PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V can boost then provides up to 25.4 watts at 48 VDC power to maximum 2 or 4 x PoE ports on each module. It allows power to be supplied to connected devices, such as PoE-based GigE cameras in machine vision inspection systems, without the need to use separate PoE injectors for those applications. The PCIE-1672V/PCIE-1674V is ideally designed for scientific research instrumentations, Medical Research Instrumentations, Machine Vision System, which can also benefit from a scalable Gigabit backbone construction with Power-over-Ethernet support.

The MAS controller is a PC-based motion controller based on the Motion Studio software development tool. It features a range of built-in debugging tools and can be programmed using BASIC programming language. The unit is suitable for various applications and can greatly shorten the equipment development cycle.
The MAS controller is integrated with a high-performance digital signal processor and field-programmable gate array. It can easily calculate trajectories, perform real-time motion control, and provide I/O processing support functions such as linear, circular, and helical interpolation. Other features include a multi-axis comparison trigger, high-speed position latch, and T/S-curve acceleration/deceleration support. Additionally, with Motion Studio, users can easily complete system configuration and diagnosis, enabling the simple and fast realization of complex motion control functions.

MVP-3245 provides embedded motion control platform for embedded motion applications with latest Intel Atom processor and SoftMotion technology and is aimed to machinery industry application with compact and slim form factor need.To meet different demands for industrial automation, MVP-3245 provides a variety of basic motion control functions, such as linear, circular and helical interpolation, T/S-curve speed profile and advanced motion function, such as E-Gear, E-CAM and Tangential Following.
MVP-3245 also features the specific softmotion function for sector application, such as 2D compare trigger, Path DO and 3D Arc move. This controller also supports serial communication ports and several other networking interfaces. In addition, Advantech supplies a Common Motion API library, graphical utility and user-friendly examples to decrease programming load, helping users complete configuration and diagnosis easily.

The AMONet RS-485 series of distributed motion control products are categorized as Slave Modules and Master Cards. The AMAX-1220/1240/2240 series are used to increase the number of axes for distributed motion control networks; the AMAX-1750/2750 series extend the digital I/O capacity, each digital input module reduces wiring between driver and controller. The Master Card is installed in the host PC, the PCI-1202U and the PCM-3202P master cards collect and publish the information to the host PC. The advantage of the AMONet RS-485 is its compatibility with motor drivers from different vendors such as Panasonic, Mitsubishi and Yaskawa. Thus, the AMONet is engineered to tackle the problems of increased spending on wiring and maintenance of these distributed motion control systems.

To communicate in real-time using the EtherCAT protocol, Advantech’s EtherCAT solution, includes master cards and I/O slave modules, to precisely synchronize the motion of multiple-axis and deliver high speed data via an enhanced I/O capability.

The ADAM-5000/ECAT 4-slot distributed flexible system can provide high-speed, high-precision remote I/O for EtherCAT. It is the link between the EtherCAT automation control network and the EtherCAT I/O modules ranging from basic DI/O's to high-speed AI/O models for different application scenarios. All our EtherCAT devices have been designed and tested to meet Advantech's stringent requirements on noise immunity. Fast, accurate, highly-efficient data transmission and easy remote configuration make ADAM-5000/ECAT the perfect match in industrial automation architecture.

The AMONet RS-485 series of distributed motion control products are categorized as Slave Modules and Master Cards. The AMAX-1220/1240/2240 series are used to increase the number of axes for distributed motion control networks; the AMAX-1750/2750 series extend the digital I/O capacity, each digital input module reduces wiring between driver and controller. The Master Card is installed in the host PC, the PCI-1202U and the PCM-3202P master cards collect and publish the information to the host PC. The advantage of the AMONet RS-485 is its compatibility with motor drivers from different vendors such as Panasonic, Mitsubishi and Yaskawa. Thus, the AMONet is engineered to tackle the problems of increased spending on wiring and maintenance of these distributed motion control systems.